Wanted Dead Expleened

[@TheChiefBusta]

I love Hannah Stone so much she is the perfect woman, tall, foreign accent, tattoos, severely autistic.

[@melgibsonafter5beers329]

Is she related to Jed Stone ?

[@the_original_Bilb_Ono]

Seriously what else can a man born in the 90s and raised on the Internet ask for!?

[@cakecwkecake7479]

@@the_original_Bilb_Ono born in the 90s? old ass

[@mattb6646]

That's the only way I can get them to sleep with me

[@scarletjester7831]

@@melgibsonafter5beers329 Jed! Stone!

[@Fargoleafy]

"I don't have time for this" She says while serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole

[@eveandaedrul]

She's managing 1000+ tulpas in her mind, it's hard business

[@TransRoofKorean]

I think that was meant to be the character making a joke. The problem with being a voice actor is you're often just given a huge list of lines to read without knowing the context, so she had no idea she should have been passing it off as a joke... if she was even capable of it. That's my guess. I think that in order to reduce the odds of a script being leaked, they don't like giving people a whole script, even if the script is crap.

[@thanksfernuthin]

I find her telling the "warden" what her sentence is. You know what? I think he knows honey. He's not the one to spew exposition at.

[@Jeromes-In-Da-House]

I don't have time to explain about not having time to explain

[@VueiyVisarelli]

She had to get back to counting the threads on her prison uniform! 😤

[@baldwinhestrut402]

I really hope storymode isn't dead, this is one of my favourite channels Ur my bedtime stories 😢

[@TheCollapse410]

I sleep to this or forespoken every night.

[@johnnybensonitis7853]

Oh, no worries, a channel can not actually be killed! .....It was murdered.

[@turkeyman631]

Yeah man, I just recently found the channel and I'm freaking addicted.

[@Zeiru]

This game seriously stops in the middle of everything to give you a history lesson on Ramen, before forcing you to do a Ramen-Eating minigame. This shit is wild.

[@SheerSniper7]

Almost sounds like something that Yakuza would do

[@Zeiru]

You know, I had the exact same thought!@@SheerSniper7

[@JackdotC]

@@SheerSniper7 I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT Lol

[@Haw3k121]

I hope they will figure it out in the sequel and give us that Yakuza type of insane shit

[@kratodd]

Very MGS esqe

[@triplebog]

I love the tension they set up at the start. "Dauer funds the police dept so we can't investigate them too much." Followed immediately by "Dauer just went bankrupt"

[@KillTheFuture42]

I love how the invisible sniper killed one guy and decided that it was the best idea to make herself visible again and start a sword fight with the other enemies.

[@nicholaskinkaid]

I honestly think the killers were suicidal . no other way to explain tom cruise and russian sniper chick.

[@Dr.Oofers]

She’s a Zer0 main.

[@TheCollapse410]

​@@nicholaskinkaidI love the guy explaining the jobs they use fake synths for and he says, someone needs to clean up the radiation after the war or DRIVE THE GARBAGE TRUCK lmao. I think I'd rather have one of those over the other.

[@nicholaskinkaid]

@@TheCollapse410 After watching Chernobyl.....I completely agree.

[@drunkenhobo8020]

Honestly the twist that the robots aren't even robots, they're just humans we've put into slavery is pretty good. Bet David Cage is seething with rage that he never thought of that one.

[@bunnieskitties293]

Genuinely 100% agree. It reminds me of a thing I saw once called "Happy Lights" where they drilled an electrode into some girl's head and could turn a dial to change its frequency altering her happiness and depression outlook. They showed in real time turning the dial and asking her how she felt. She went from pure serendipity and exuberant joy to literally willing to slit her wrists in a turn of a knob. Once the electrode was in, she no longer had autonomy. The making her sad wasnt the creepy part. It was being able to make her happy. The thing about the happiness is it was even more complete and controlling than any drug. She was so happy while the dial was maxed out that she would be happy with ANY situation, any inconvenience just wasnt a trouble anymore. She would gleefully say yes to almost anything. My first thought was imagining a corporate future where part of agreeing to a job was having a happy lights installed that theyd turn to Happy while you were on the clock. You know, to ensure good customer service. Meanwhile it makes you happy and agreeable to anything. Unpaid overtime? Sure, no biggie. Pay cut? Im cool with that. Uncle Touchy's Nekkid Puzzle Basement? Poor guy needs some company, Ill help out. The implications of being made unshakably happy against your will is a terrible slavery. This game comes so close to that.

[@Alistarwormwood]

was really impressed with that too. Good twist

[@Tgungen]

That's what I thought the moment they revealed it, but the way the whole thing is construed is just so goddamn funny that you just can't pay any attention to it

[@TheArklyte]

Isn't that the plot of Fallout 4? Build robots, build better robots, build even better robots, robots rebelled, sh//t pants, downfrade robots, find cloning machine, install control chip in clones, claim clones are robots.

[@trashjash]

​@@TheArklyteNah, plot of FO4 was "if machines were made of the exact same stuff as humans, and shaped the exact same way, are they human?" There was never an "oh shit, go back" moment for the Institute, they just got frustrated with the constraints and maintenance of the plastic and metal robots they were building before they started growing synths in biolabs. Synths can't reproduce, can't age, are supposed to be immune to radiation, stronger than humans, etc, so they could be better workers for Institute operations by design.

[@Pilkingtube]

I love the more human and relatable characters

[@6z0]

Candice

[@raiban0]

​@@6z0Candice who

[@Evanz111]

@@raiban0Candice Patton

[@aaaaa3141]

@@raiban0Candicewho ? Who’s that ?

[@AlRCRAFT]

@@raiban0candice wrinkly sack fit in yo mouf?

[@ZennXPaladin]

Here's something you either missed or skipped for time: The Karaoke mini-game, it's a full-length cover of "99 Luftballons" by Nena, sung by the main cast and it's so shit that they start breaking into laughter mid-song and it just keeps going, till the song is complete, you then unlock the mini-game and can re-play it whenever you're back at the precinct, but here's the kicker: THERE ARE NO OTHER SONGS, it's not a Karaoke mini-game, it's a "99 Luftballons" mini-game This game is a masterpiece of non-sequiturs

[@AC-hj9tv]

Did you watch the video

[@jayalpha9163]

49:30

[@ryanb4940]

…. They do talk about this though? How does this comment have over 100 likes. Yikes people are stupid

[@jimsquared153]

Its quite literally in the video.

[@ThatsSpectacular]

The thing is, I can't tell if I genuinely respect the development team for being bold about what they wanted to do, or else hate them for developing 10% of a karaoke game and jamming it into this title to get rid of it.

[@ArchHippy]

The fact that they have a random Australian voiceover in the middle of the game feels like a troll to this channel specifically.

[@hilotakenaka]

I legitimately thought it was Mr B doing a joke before they clarified it

[@terrenceswiff]

It is very clear that this game was made with love, but love can be twisted.

[@jonbaxter2254]

Gollum was made with love...

[@w_ldan]

@@jonbaxter2254 inbred love for sure

[@ilikegoblo4665]

What does this mean? What about this is twisted

[@Storm7777]

I’d say it was made with passion. A wildly unfocused, shotgun blast of passion.

[@DwAboutItManFr]

Lmao

[@jiminycriminy4351]

I like that this game does a lot visually, like rather than MC just saying "the food is awful" they take the time to do some pretty decent animation of the food being stale and unappetising

[@KingKimwer]

It's not a well-made game, in terms of story and acting at least, but you can definitely sense the passion they put into it. So props to them.

[@HHTwice]

I put “passion” into the dump I took this morning, that must mean it deserves props and is good 😂

[@miller42]

I laughed when she said that the guy was a submarine smuggler. I was imagining a guy crossing a border with a bunch of submarines models in his backpack.

[@mrosskne]

A bunch of actual submarines

[@cymes82]

"What is this ?? A submarine for ants ??!"

[@TepidTake]

Absolutely lost my shit reading this. Amazing concept

[@TheLeNiBo]

I like to imagine it as submarine sandwiches, even more absurd.

[@Tsmowl]

Is that a submarine in your pants or are you just happy to see me?

[@Massivecarcrash]

I think this game is adorable. It's like a 7 year old going "And then, and then, and then, and then..."

[@ilikegoblo4665]

Sounds like you’re kinda talking down to the game

[@KaleidosXXI]

@@ilikegoblo4665 Nah, with this game's writing they're still talking way above its head.

[@Svoorhout85]

And then they eat soup, and then that guy tells a dirty joke, and then they kill robots and then theres a cartoon on TV!

[@FartquadGI]

​@ilikegoblo4665 Try aiming

[@nick0875]

They clearly don't understand how to structure a narrative so that the "and thens" are less noticeable.

[@nooneimportanttoyou]

Okay guys, I think we need a followup video. This game is fucking weird. So first off, googling the game doesn't get nearly as many results as you would expect. Like they do have a website, but it is not the top result. They don't have their own wikipedia page, but instead share a page with a development studio. So just the whole internet presence around this game is so small. I started looking into this because I was curious about Hannah Stone's voice actress. I figured the reason they would go with someone who has such a strong accent and is uh... well not very good, was because she was just super famous. Like a Gal Gadot kind of thing. So her name is Fee Marie Zimmermann. She is a model, and this game is her only voice acting credit according to IMDB. Her public facebook also doesn't have her doing any VA work prior to this project. Also as far as I can tell she isn't particularly famous in her own right. I just assumed it was someone's girlfriend or something. This game is just... so weird. What is going on with it? It doesn't seem like it was a super small project, but the news around it is non-existent. Who are these people? What is this game?

[@wotruannwah5678]

The MC is modeled after her, so they had her VO her as well, which is kinda silly, but looking through her insta she was pretty proud of the game, so good for her

[@MiraSubieGirl]

This game is so bizarre and charming... I kinda wanna play it. Its like a 90s action spoof.

[@benisrood]

Zimmerman looks weird and talks even weirder.

[@Ahayeahishere]

​@@MiraSubieGirlits extremely awesome honestly. Foundnout through this channel about it and played it and loved it! Hannah stone is so cool haha i usually dont fangirl about anyone but damn

[@HebiHouse]

​@@wotruannwah5678 then she's only a model in terms of height.

[@shawnconway6009]

I was listening to this, and trying to figure out what the main character's delivery reminded me of. She has the EXACT SAME cadence and way of delivering lines as Tommy from The Room. No joke, she says her lines exactly the same way. And once you notice it, it's hard not to wonder if that's intentional or not. She says 'shut the hell up all of you' the same way he says 'I did not hit her, I did not.'

[@sayLeotardbutsayitChinese]

"YOURE TEARING ME APART, RICHTER!"

[@ab-gail]

“Oh hai, Doc!”

[@kwatar54]

This was my immediate thought. The way she just rolls through really long lines quickly. Maybe they put a blonde wig on Wiseau.

[@dex3625]

she literally acts the same as Gal Gadot lmao, that woman can't act

[@bobafettjr85]

I did nawt commit war crimes!

[@LeflairZone]

I like how the protagonists hair switching style and color in like 5 minutes of the two opening scenes + later anime flashbacks... is actually *central* to the plot.

[@vincenthernandez7819]

Producer: "ok, after modeling the hair, we have 4 dollars left for voice acting..."

[@Noperare]

​@@vincenthernandez7819when the studio can't afford voice actress so the animator also did the VA

[@VaporeonEnjoyer1]

@@vincenthernandez7819 Dev: "I know someone who will do it for 3."

[@RaidenKaiser]

You know the story is going to be a trip when the doc is called doc and the explosives expert is called cortez.

[@polyjackets8659]

​@Based_Gigachad_001cuz being Latino is synonymous with explosive drama

[@thrwwyaccnt123]

​@Based_Gigachad_001 huh???

[@imakerbadcontentrbad8664]

The suspense to see how the "Question Mark?" has been affected is killing me

[@leedlecopter5904]

This game gives off such a like, 2010 video game vibe, Its actually insane it came out this year

[@Gabex42]

I thought it was an oscure ps4 game from 2013 too.

[@MarvinPowell1]

I know, right! This is straight out of the _Alan Wake/Until Dawn/Detroit: Become Human_ pretentious "movies pretending to be games" era of gaming of 2010-2017.

[@kenwynnelson6340]

This game makes Binary Domain look like a work of art.

[@socialamoeba6455]

I am shocked to find out this is a new game

[@atomic_wait]

The cutscene animations feel like Xavier Renegade Angel spasmodic shit

[@Kevbo2040]

Why is it that the second I find a hilarious channel that does long-form videos of actually interesting topics, they stop posting? *EVERY TIME*

[@serknet3042]

Welp... at least you have a *lot* of videos to catch up with

[@some-replies]

This is nothing new. He'll spend months making a video

[@stryker0563]

Because internet historian has like 5 channels at this point, found this one a few days ago

[@Zyrdalf]

Internet historian hasn’t stopped posting. His post schedule is very regular. Every millennia we get a gift from the gods.

[@johnnybensonitis7853]

They don't ever actually stop posting altogether. They just take extended periods of time making new stuff ever so often, so we might go some months without seeing them just like when my father used to run out to buy the milk. It might take awhile but boy is that milk good when it gets here!

[@UnclePhil73]

You know it’s a special game when the Storymode gang has to constantly remind us that the ridiculous stuff is actually in the game and not a bit.

[@wolfyeyepatch1971]

Sounds like yakuza

[@milesd947]

Herzog's speech about the ramen is taken from a Japanese film, Tampopo (1985) about a woman learning how to run a ramen shop. It's a fun movie, and has some weird non sequiturs, kinda like this game

[@LordPapula]

One of my favorites. Lovely film, and a go-to mood lifter for me.

[@rosiered6712]

69th like

[@b_the_archivist138]

Oh this is awkward. I didn’t see this comment when I made mine, but finding it just now and seeing your @ gave me a real weird feel. Anyway you’ve got a great taste in movies :)

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

I thought they were just ripping off Deadly Premonition

[@zenzi2244]

Holy shit, I had to watch this for an Ethnic Studies class in undergrad. Never in a million years would I ever think I would hear about it anywhere ever again lmao

[@MaxsSeveredHead]

How does a game not understand basic food hygene, but simultaneously understands how companies with a novel product can be difficult to value by investors shortly after an IPO...

[@Ahayeahishere]

Basic food hygene? Where does it come up?

[@mamajon4123]

the fork

[@mattd5240]

When you're a need but are unhygienic.

[@seaweed2207]

I never thought I would ever say this, but I will miss Zuck

[@Rayuzx]

Did anything happen with him? I tried to look on the internet, but all Igot was Elon Musk challenging him to a cage fight.

[@coryhalley481]

@@Rayuzx No, but I’m guessing Storymode was sent a cease and desist or something for using his likeness.

[@maxbracegirdle9990]

I'm gonna miss that shit. They were probably the best characters for their voices

[@basedlegionary6877]

@@coryhalley481 He still uses him as the Channel Pic

[@villephful]

​@coryhalley481 I doubt that. Otherwise he probably couldn't even use it during the intro of this video. The avatars were 1/4 of the fun. I don't really care too much about some mspaint blobs....

[@iskenderhaci]

I love the black dude's very complicated but half-baked backstory involving generations of English nobility with a scary horn for no reason

[@hv4244]

And why is it English nobility? Lol. Did they not have horns in Africa or something?

[@iskenderhaci]

@@hv4244 The implication seems to be that he's related to them, but it's not made clear why or how

[@PresidentofPluto]

@@iskenderhaci He defeated a Predator and was awarded the horn and pistol as trophies from the other Predators.

[@iskenderhaci]

@@PresidentofPluto who are the predators?

[@GasMaskedThings]

​@@iskenderhaci redditors

[@amaeltewolde4888]

“Doc, don’t just stand there, operate” has to be my new favourite Eminem easter egg

[@SecondBestArtMuseum]

I like the idea that all of their dialogue it fucked up because their minds are so warped from being reused and turned on and off so often.

[@jasonjerusalem]

Cash.

[@TooFresh902]

​@@jasonjerusalemyup

[@gir489returns2]

I hate change, but changing from an anthropomorphic lizard to an actually real entity is a welcome change.

[@ZeranZeran]

I still want to know why she talks like Jar Jar Binks 1:01:01

[@mtathos_]

@@ZeranZeranbc funny foreign no here accent

[@ZeranZeran]

@@mtathos_ It sounds like they tried to mix South African accent with like 4 other accents.. and it is hilariously weird. I think they did ask her to do it intentionally. What a bizarre artistic choice!

[@ZeranZeran]

@@mtathos_ For the record I think most accents are beautiful, but this one is kind of hilarious. She talk like soviet soldier.. who has become a rapper with DIE ANTWOORD

[@timmy6890]

Yeah

[@konomimkp]

Seriously, the comedic timming of that bit of the can opener and the tuna in the ad time is lightning in a bottle. It's amazing how it cracks me up e-ve-ry time. Great work!

[@sacb0y]

Ok the plot is actually kinda good, the concept of "We didn't invent this we just lied and did slavery" is amazing.

[@YAH2121]

"We just lied and brought back slavery" is the twist of the century

[@theirDevil]

I'd give them points for originality, but I feel the cliche 'how do you know your not a synth' trope deducts points, especially since they retroactively make it mechanically and philosophically pointless with the 'synths are just humans' twist. Also the plot holes. Feels like it needed another draft.

[@AusSP]

No, the premise is good. The plot is nonsense. In one scene, they lied and did secret slavery. But in the twist ending, teen mother Stone sells herself as a Synth... so it's public information already!? You can just... sell yourself and become a Synth? It's not an uber-tight secret that no one knows?

[@yarost12]

Right? Under the layers of garbage there's a pretty competent plot.

[@sacb0y]

@@AusSP Well the guy did say that when people found out they didn't care. This might be more surprising to the main characters since they're all criminals (thus in prision) or have been synths themselves. Meanwhile it's an open secret.

[@nugsboodlepoo]

I think I love this channel even more than your main one now. You guys should do Gollum Storymode

[@2007Shockwave]

Oh dear Nord man...

[@aemon5497]

well, we actualy get videos on this one, that's a big plus

[@duesenantrieb8272]

main channel ... wait what ??

[@dustburnwem]

Gloem 100%

[@2007Shockwave]

@duesenantrieb8272 I came for the Historian stayed for the Expleened... Though now I must ask? Does the Historian really exist? Or is he a figment of the imagination like the Queen of England?

[@ToadySP]

It just suddenly occurred to me just a minute ago that this game is literally like some devs saw Detroit Become Human and thought to themselves "What if we made this, but with actual gameplay, some fun bombastic PS2 game style rough around the edges voice acting, and then also make it so the story **makes sense** with a well executed twist that **actually** works."

[@Dr.Oofers]

Don’t forget janky dialogue and bizarre cuts. Basically Detroit: Become Human, but Japan.

[@Totallynotkyubey]

The story made sense for you? The twist is well executed?

[@ToadySP]

@@Totallynotkyubey Yeah. Once the twist got revealed: that the synths are just ordinary humans who were in desperate situations, who in order to get out of said situations signed up to be indentured servants (or really just slaves for life) with reprogramed memories, it all made sense. It's a story about how perception of reality can be manipulated by society, media, and the government. And how a seemingly perfect miracle product can sometimes turn out to be not so much a "miracle" after all. The layers Stone has to go through to realize that synths are just humans, let alone figure out that she is a synth, is insane. She has to essentially disprove a fundamentally accepted science regarding synths, she has to piece together that her memories aren't real through what other people say, and she repeatedly has to ignore safe and well established options and go with her gut towards the real truth. And all of this is there to show just how hard it is for other synths to come to the same conclusions. The layers of corruption run so deep that a lot of characters can just be synths, people with reprogramed memories designed to do do the bidding of Dauer Synthetics. And really, it manages to actually end up being a successful allegory for slavery in that sense: because it's not just a moral thing, it's about a comprehension of reality. And unlike Detroit Become Human, where the androids are, well, just androids. And we're supposed to just treat them like they're human "because they have emotions" (which repeatedly cause them to harm and kill people). The synths in Wanted Dead actually ARE humans. That is what makes Wanted Dead work as an allegory where Detroit Become Human fails.

[@Arto257]

​@@ToadySPjust because it's good compared to DBH doesn't make it good

[@Kokorocodon]

uhh someone is salty today

[@KarazolaX]

Hannah Stone is such a 'action character' name, you could LITERALLY give it to a male character, and you wouldn't even ask why he had a girl's first name.

[@VoidSC]

Very funny comment lol!

[@hesgoneplaid6478]

It’s all about the last name baby

[@aazendude]

Robotic hand. Hand O' Stone. Hannah Stone.

[@schwartzy65]

Its like max payne but less cool

[@CompuBrains27]

Why does male Hannah Stone have a woman's name? Why don't you ask him to his face, see how quick he rearranges yours.

[@servnava6601]

I'm in medical billing and the doctor responding "8000, or like, maybe 2 bucks?" is completely accurate

[@Onesmartcookie78429]

I was looking for this comment! As someone who also works in medical billing, this is so accurate 😂

[@runed0s86]

​@@Onesmartcookie78429Just charge the lowest amount. The hospital still profits, and you aren't destroying a family and possibly causing a child to grow up without a parent or two.

[@ariannasv22]

Half the job is making sure those hospital execs get their quarterly vacation

[@heetheet75]

I wouldn't pay if they charged me tens of thousands anyway. @@runed0s86

[@cahallo5964]

@@makepeoplemad that's still bullshit lol

[@michaelrosenberg3465]

She’s not German. She’s Swiss. You can tell by the flag and the high quality of her Swiss Army Katana.

[@mattd5240]

Her Toblerone has been folded over a thousand times.

[@TJK10]

I didn’t realize I had the pet peeve of dialogue and subtitles not matching until this game did it so consistently and flagrantly.

[@yungoldman2823]

pretty sure those subs are storymode's not the games

[@TJK10]

@@yungoldman2823 I can’t speak for the entire edited SM production, but aren’t the subtitles the same as this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGrcYWSJaZiWgaM

[@SuspiciousScout]

@@TJK10 I don't know anything about this game in particular, but I know the StoryMode Crew(TM) do sometimes add their own subtitles even if the game itself has them. Forspoken was the most obvious one because you could often see the actual in-game subtitles scrolling up in some shots. I'm willing to bet they do this just for easier readability and/or editing purposes if the game's subs aren't enough.

[@kingti85]

Ah dude it wasnt even bad in this. Try watching something dubbed into english and with subtitles. They are way different. Lots of stuff has really insanely crappy subtitling. Trust me ive been using subtitles for 30+ years

[@jayknight1099]

"We've got one last job for you. A lifetime of employment."

[@smartlp4782]

I really miss you guys.

[@sirllamaiii9708]

Me too :(

[@Wally480]

Me three 😢

[@Evanz111]

I never thought I’d watch a Storymode I wanted to see as badly as Forspoken, but the team decides to blow me away once more. This is probably my new favourite running series at this point, keep up the great work ❤

[@ERRandDEL]

You know, I know Storymode probably makes the game way easier to understand, but I actually have a hard time *disliking* it so far. Anime bits look pretty, story has some fun beats, and I'm kind of a sucker for those uncanny minigame bits.

[@D44RK_Iced_Yogs]

I’ve never heard of this game but once I heard the funny foreign’s, bad VA and bad script; I was sold it being a potential Forspoken situation. Then the bad minigames and hardcut to karaoke and now I’m appreciative of this masterpiece. Thank you Storymode for bringing this game to my attention.

[@dont-touch-mepg1392]

Bro totally woke bro. Bro the woke is so woke it's coffee bro. Dats a woke bro! Woke me up its so woke! Bro!

[@dont-touch-mepg1392]

Is this a game? Seems like a movie. I didn't even realize for like 40 mins they haven't played shit.

[@netapel2625]

​@@dont-touch-mepg1392This is Storymode, the whole point of the channel is that they tell the story of the game, and since most of the story happens during Cutscenes, there's not a lot of gameplay to show. What did you expect?

[@bobbob3458]

That part at the end where they watch the promotional material that lampshades Stone's weird ass voice/delivery, revealing that they made the MC's voice that way on purpose all for a corny schtick, fucking killed me. Based jank ass game, based high-effort weirdo devs, can't wait to see what this team produces once they get some more practice under their belt.

[@mood87654]

It was made by the same people who made Ninja Gaiden and Dead Or Alive, it really does look like a amateur project

[@bobbob3458]

@@mood87654 So it WAS an improvement! Good for them.

[@Shiroi0moi]

Wait. Did the Team Ninja dissolve or something? Dead or Alive 6 was kind of a flop because of mtx shenanigans and censorship accusations and I swore off buying the games back in 2019. Hope they are still in business though

[@FirelixGaming]

​@@bobbob3458ninja gaidens game are master piece what are u on

[@visassess8607]

That's not based

[@86abaile]

Surprised you didn't see it, but after the first mission it's established that cash can't be used, but in the very next scene with the (very 90s looking and priced) vending machine, she uses cash to buy a drink

[@Borti_Ovi]

As corny as these characters are, I kind of love the idea of a deaf demolitionist. Paying the price for getting too into his profession. ADDENDUM: I stopped the video at some point to sleep. So if he’s mute or just taking a vow of silence is all up in the air for me until I finish the video. Either way, the concept of deaf demolitionist still sounds like a really cool idea on its own.

[@korstmahler]

That reminds me of Team Fortress Demomen, who are considered to have been slacking by their peers if they've not lost at least one eye, a leg, four fingers and 90% of their hearing by the time they retire.

[@mongooseunleashed]

I don't think he's deaf from explosives though.

[@pacman10182]

he's mute, not deaf

[@dont-touch-mepg1392]

​@@pacman10182lol yea but they don't get it.

[@dont-touch-mepg1392]

I predict their all synths. Mute guy has a glitch.

[@Akula111]

this game looks honestly kind of fun, it has a janky charm to it and the weird little minigames and meta things are fun, even the main voice actor is kind of charming in a 'tommy wiseau' way, good on them and I hope they make that sequel

[@Iymarra]

It's what you'd describe as 'eurojank' but made by ninja gaiden / dead or alive devs, so..huh.

[@TransRoofKorean]

suddenly I want Tommy Wiseau to become a voice actor for video games

[@epicchannelname1]

I feel like they were going for the deadly premonition vibe.

[@Iymarra]

@@epicchannelname1 What's that, Zack? Epicchannelname1 is right? Yeah, I think so.

[@SPINCTDAILY]

RIP I.H. Release Schedule

[@itswindle1580]

Implying he ever had one to begin with…

[@TheJuanamador]

I gotta say. Im surpised it took Storymode this long to get a cease and desist.

[@Mr_Bones.]

Is that what really happened? They got a cease and desist from Zuckerborg? I’m surprised they didn’t do a In The Field about it 😂

[@TheJuanamador]

@@Mr_Bones. they didn't say it, but they suddenly changed from Zuckerberg to Mr Z, no relation, very suddenly. Which really makes sense.

[@PRubin-rh4sr]

@@TheJuanamador if they did, they would have replaced the channel's profile picture and cover photo yoo

[@TheJuanamador]

@PRubin-rh4sr yeah, I guess so. I'm not too well versed in CnD, I just assumed that's what happened.

[@EroPatches]

​@@TheJuanamadorA CnD can be issued if someone is using someone's likeness for exploitative gain, but considering the new hosts are in the style of MS Paint and the thumbnails changed before that, I would assume that they just wanted a different branding of this channel. Kinda like how they hid a lot of the old videos because they did not like the quality of them.

[@wintermoondaze]

This feels like an ai generated game meant to be footage in the background of a sitcom

[@aoihitori]

One of those who needs Laugh tracks whenever they talk. 😂

[@iCookCrystalMeth]

@@aoihitorii thought that was all of them

[@sayLeotardbutsayitChinese]

Lol Liz Lemon doing the thumb dance in the background of a soap opera

[@THATGuy5654]

I am also from Wisconsin, and I can confirm that that was a real knee-slapper. You wouldn't understand, but I can tell you that with context, it's actually more of a joke about minnesotans.

[@noahgaller9951]

Fellow Wisconsinite here. I just wanted to say I feel bad for everyone, not from Wisconsin. They'll never understand.

[@tamriales]

So if I understand right, are Minnesotans to you guys what Alabamans are to the general American? Unfortunately not from Wisconsin (California). Would love to visit your cows someday though

[@MANTARD]

As someone from Minnesota, yeah that's definitely a joke that only someone from Wisconsin would get.

[@iowafarmboy]

​@@MANTARDAs an Iowan, can confirm.

[@CalsGirl97]

My friends moved out to Minnesota then got robbed and lost everything and police did nothing. If the joke shits on that state I like it.

[@Eliphal]

Ok, so the ramen scene isn't actually nonsense, its a reference to the movie Tampopo. The movie is all about the various weird ways people relate to food, and involves a "ramen eating master", giving increasingly convoluted instructions on the "proper" way to eat ramen. In particular the bit about apologizing to the pork is a direct quote from the movie. The problem is, the game references the scene with none of the setup or context, and as a result falls completely flat.

[@johnroache6012]

Was the movie big in Japan?

[@Null_Experis]

@@johnroache6012 It's considered a classic, a great comedy film, and was basically what kicked off Ken Watanabe's career. It has won awards in Japan, and America, and is well known.

[@doomedallweare5014]

random reference of a movie in a game is nonsense, sure it makes sense in the movie or could make sense if you make the reference properly, but they did not do it in this game.

[@southanime]

​@@doomedallweare5014Being honest, references are the equivalent of dangling keys to your audience

[@ab-gail]

🥚

[@kaltsssit]

This plot is honestly really damn neat. It's goofy, but God damn if it doesn't have a lot of heart

[@Twy87]

'Wanted: Dead' appears to be what happens when a group of German MGS/ MGR Revengence superfans make a game without first adopting the 'Hideo Kojima mindset', or leaving room in the budget for VAs and scriptwriters.

[@EdgarFriendlysCivicsTeacher]

I'm not sure Kojima ever left much room for script writers either.

[@conq1273]

And I love it

[@aariachang24]

I knew it was German studio, the voice lines and acting are so disjointed like they google translated the script and just told them to read and that's it

[@L.Pondera]

Don't forget the Blade Runner

[@AngryKittens]

Russia's state budget can only pay for so much.

[@Barryislarge]

I had a weird relationship with zuc. Whenever I saw his face it made me feel fuzzy inside and reminded me of good youtube videos. Now im gonna have to readjust to thinking of him as a slimy lizardman again 😢

[@doug8232]

This is the sole reason I figured they'd gotten away with it until now. Marketing team realizes someone out there is convincing the planet he's somewhat human, for free.

[@42saram42]

They made him seem human which is something the real thing has never managed to do and it was hurting his public image.

[@selphconscious]

.. it's better this way lol.. (I'm significantly more disgruntled.. but I've learned we can't have nice things.)

[@mandowarrior123]

'Its not all pixelated, and she's not crying' oh how twisted you are. Very good.

[@walkingexistentaldread3079]

this is like if you took the quality of Deadly Premonitions and the weirdness of Yakuza and then made a game out of it. and i love it.

[@dannystewart1118]

YES!! They're trying so hard to make her a female York!

[@candeo3687]

The story, the characters, the design...this game is a gem. A raw, unpolished and unwashed gem, but a gem nonetheless. A cult classic, even.

[@dang5736]

You might even say, raw and uncut. Better go ahead with that emergency circumcision.

[@jonbaxter2254]

A gem I found in the trash after passing through a badger's arsehole.

[@holhorse3808]

thoughbeit

[@danielfisher7016]

Feels like it is trying to hard to be a cult classic.

[@Mediados]

They could really use some better actors. I've heard people do better for free.

[@GGPiani]

Why is no one commenting that the organisation that Tom Cruise works for is literally called Maverick? Surely there's no coincidence there right.

[@acidpain6059]

Stunning and brave choice to make the VA who could barely speak coherent English the voice for the main protagonist

[@zema9401]

You are acting like the VA wrote the sentences and its obvious she is supposed to have a thick german accent. Her actual delivery is lacking.

[@Darkgun231]

@@zema9401 I don't think that's German. That's Tommy Wiseau.

[@Kilo_23]

​@zema9401 she's Swiss, literally has the Swiss flag patch on her armor, so Swiss german/french/Romansh speaking accent if we wana be 100% accurate 😂

[@mikecampos1193]

​@@Kilo_23can understand a damn thing she saying looks pretty though and also half of those places sound made up.

[@Hommi7]

@@Kilo_23As a German, with Swiss friends - that is not German, nor Swiss German. It sounds like someone doing a poor impression of it. Correction: I looked it up. The VA for her is a Swiss woman, but my god. Never have I heard a Swiss person butcher English like that. IMDb also lists that game as her only role?

[@yuuneeq9494]

These developers definitely have a type. and I'm here for it.

[@MTdaBlacking]

1:36:41 That Badass Seal of Approval bit smacked me upside the head with the high school era whiplash...

[@zombiegandhi8405]

I really like the little critters. Something about the juxtaposition of their cute style, that works with the overall humor. I found myself looking forward to how else they'd show up in the scenes and in what other gag ways. I think it's another layer of humor that Z and B already work well with. I hope we see 'em again.

[@thegodofalldragons]

Okay, the delivery was goofy as all getout, but I actually think the plot was kinda decent? It was fun, at the very least.

[@mikeike4738]

I need a new story mode in my life. Please. I’ve watched this one 10 times already and the dialogue is about to kill me

[@amoawesomeart6074]

I have a feel like the game devs wanted to do Deadly Premonition kind of deal, with a memorable npcs that have their own quirky personalities, but they lacked a stronger direction to pull it through.

[@electricbayonet2]

It was a weird tug-of-war between Deadly Premonition and Binary Domain. Not complaining, though. It was a ride. If they had finished their DuoLingo English course first, I think it would have been a gem.

[@Sonichero151]

And yet it's kinda wholesome and comforting where they ended up.

[@joinsideke]

I was gonna say, this feels like a Swery game with more budget, way more anime, and yet somehow slightly less coherent.

[@Dunmerdog]

This is exactly what I said

[@vortexmars843]

I genuinely cannot believe that you guys skipped the "Four balls joke" immediately before those elevator doors open to an absolutely ear blastingly loud helicopter noise. It's the one joke I remember from the entire game. For anyone that hasn't seen it, look it up. One of the few actually funny moments.

[@IvanVKlik]

kek

[@realmoviefactsnotfake]

Hi, Wisconsinite here. When Hertzog says “I’m from Wisconsin.” He is referring to the Wisconsin past time of going down on sisters. Essentially he’s saying “Beat you to it; how does sloppy seconds taste.”

[@kiojmhum]

I hope you go crazy hard on these new host ideas. Not gonna lie, doing jokes in reference to the zuck and other billionaires actually work with whatever game you're expleeening and adds so much to the funny in your content

[@GrubbJunker]

How can the child have a better voice actor than the MC?

[@ajeje1996]

I know, right? This game is so bizarre, even in it's most minute details

[@runed0s86]

His voice actor is bitchin

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

her voice makes the game everyone she is an autistic badass who tries her past even if food is hard too

[@CodeeXD]

​@@senritsujumpsuit6021bro had a stroke

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

@@CodeeXD wow really that's enough to count as a stroke dovyou require commas in a youtube comment inorder to not have a heart attack apparently inferring is scary to you

[@daveogfans413]

I love how Stone's German accent becomes this "all foreign accents combined" kinda thing. Respect to the storymode voice actors.

[@SyndicateOperative]

I mean, it's just a standard german accent. It's the actress's normal accent.

[@CosmicCorpse]

Hanna is Swedish

[@HCG]

This was one of the most enjoyable Story Mode’s yet, this gets the full, highest rating I can give-10/10, and my badass seal of approval

[@robertward2830]

Do I miss the Zuckster's carefree and personable demeanor? You betcha. Do I feel like this channel's future is safe in the hands of Green Cat and Blue Mouse. With every fiber of my being. They carry his spirit.

[@pbjandahighfive]

IT'S BEEN HALF OF A YEAR SINCE THE LAST TIME I LAUGHED.

[@xxlordxx6862]

I haven't heard many other creators covering this even though it's such a wild ride. The story, voice acting, facts about ramen - all magnificent!

[@bingowaders]

I recommend ThorHighHeel's video on this game. Awesome reviewer all around.

[@zupzipzoo9879]

Jacob Geller has a really good video on it.

[@spookyfrogs1874]

the two lad above me are absolutely correct :) i think i need to play this

[@Shiroi0moi]

​@@bingowadersliked Thor until he started shitting on his viewers for not agreeing with his unnecessary political takes in the videos

[@Rannos22]

This has to be the most aggressively bewildering game ive seen since Deadly Premonition

[@walkingexistentaldread3079]

Heavy Rain is up there too.

[@BL00DYME55]

@@walkingexistentaldread3079 Heavy rain is nowhere near the level of weird as this or Deadly Premonition. It has a few moments, but overall Heavy Rain is not a bad game.

[@walkingexistentaldread3079]

@@BL00DYME55 agree to disagree.

[@duel2k7]

Beyond two souls make heavy rain look like La Noire

[@relix7373]

This game is way less charming than Deadly Premonition. That's probably because of a lot of Deadly Premonition's faults can be forgiven due to its age. The fact that the main character is interesting and likeable, and most importantly not voiced by a robot (ironically), also helps a ton. Deadly Premonition's biggest advantage though is that it's a cheap copy of a preexisting story, Twin Peaks, which was actually good.

[@lostpillman10]

What's going on no new story mode videos for 4 months I look every day for a new video it always makes my day to watch a new game I've been a sad boy now for to long now hope everything is alright I'll keep checking for new videos every day

[@bobsnider-rz1td]

cuz of Hbomber probably

[@BuddhaJube]

Right after they make fun of Mark's favorite game "Forspoken" he suddenly has a problem with them using his likeness? Coincidence? Yes.

[@henotic.essence]

Ive never heard of this game, but this video was a BLAST from beginning to end, definitely one I'll watch multiple times 💯💯 thanks for sharing this gem, it's nice to see such a unique IP!

[@Efeye-s]

LOL, at 28:27 the outline of the corpse is upside down. The sheet model was probably made for a corpse where the head is sticking out and the feet hidden, but that wasn't what they were going for and rather than make a new 3D model of a sheet they just flipped the one they had and hoped no one would notice!

[@Per_Sun]

The sheer effort not to deliver all of Herzog's lines in Werner's voice must have taxed you greatly. That's willpower.

[@MCPeeBoy]

I can't think of a more iconic mouse-cat duo than Mr Z and Mr B

[@BL00DYME55]

Also mouse and raccoon duo. Also mouse and mouse duo. Also cat and cat duo.

[@Jebu911]

Laughed hard at "this anime is boring how come this one isnt all pixelated and shes not crying"

[@Mr_Bones.]

Hannah Stone’s voice actress sounds exactly like the actress that did Lauren Winters in Heavy Rain. And they both have the tonality and emotion of a German fax machine.

[@MarvinPowell1]

Her name is Fee Marie Zimmermann and she's 6'1" and Swiss and they used her exact likeness for the game. Lauren is voiced by Aurélie Bancilhon, who's French. But yeah, they sound similar.

[@Zyncra]

​@@MarvinPowell1Can barely speak English and conveys 0 emotion. Legendary choice for a main character in a video game

[@elneco4654]

@@MarvinPowell1 Damn, her being so tall in-game was accurate to real life? That's pretty neat.

[@badlaamaurukehu]

​@@elneco4654She's tall irl but they totally changed her real physique(she's a model, not a point guard) and her face is similarish in game but not quite.

[@Nikusarusan]

​@@Zyncranot barely, just not without accent

[@TheDeltaSight]

richter's design is utterly exceptional, every time he was on screen i couldn't help but laugh. Then this "game" hits you with the idiot in an exosuit, which itself looks like a cross between modern star wars Sith designs and Mistral from Metal Gear Rising. This is truly one of the greatest designs of all time.

[@ministry_of_a_fence]

I think the bit with Doc and Herzog, saying that he's from Wisconsin, is that Doc was taking a jab at him being from the south with the "going down on your sister" even though he isn't. Truly a work in progress of art.

[@roanoke42]

I just realized this rewatching it. I guess I'm four weeks too late to be the first person to get it. Damn you Minister and your fence!

[@shashkaa]

These expleened vids are like comfort food when you're drunk lmao

[@thebandwagoneffect]

I think the Wisconsin bit was to say he didn’t do that to his sister. But as a Minnesotan, I firmly believe it was an admission of guilt.

[@Steven-wy6qi]

I didn't realize Tommy Wiseau had a sister doing VO acting

[@zacharysahnger7823]

I’m so glad y’all are doing more of these. It’s like Christmas opening youtube to a new expleened.

[@zinc333]

Such marketability these new characters. I hope they will be tirned into marketable plushies

[@koenvandamme6901]

For a second I was like "Why would I want a plushie of Stone?", then I understood what you actually meant and now I kinda do want a Stone plushie.

[@FatalKitsune]

This game gives me big Alpha Protocol vibes. It’s made with love, has quirky characters, a weird story, and lots of junk but is fun despite it.

[@trontosaurusrex9532]

Alpha Protocol is definitely an underrated game.

[@michaelbecker1588]

Just got home from a 12 hour shift. Opens KZbin. New Storymode. Almost 2 hours. Pure. Bliss.

[@uncledan9453]

Doc drinking isopropyl alcohol as a shot is just so fucking hilarious to me, yet it also radiates an intimidating aura

[@HolyApplebutter]

I feel like the "main character being a synth the whole time" twist is a little undercut by the fact that synths are all just tinkered-with humans. So really she's just had her memory fucked with.

[@ashj_2088]

😮

[@liamh8926]

I love the idea that the new animal avatars are just actual animals creeping around watching the game happen.

[@davidsomoza]

This game reminds me of deadly premonition, an honest effort to make a good game that ended up as a "its so weird its great" situation.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Just replace the bad driving with eating minigames

[@ksh2596]

It's very Japanese

[@kenwynnelson6340]

deadly premonition was charming tho. the voice acting was stilted, but bearable. i'll definitely give them credit for putting effort in (to the weirdest places), but i'd much rather watch Deadly P again.

[@eveandaedrul]

I somehow really like this game, it's so charming, has cult classic vibes

[@Layne_____]

Dont let anyone discourage you Mr. Z. You're doing very important work. Without you, some of us may never have been able to enjoy unbelievable gems like this, Gone Home, or even Forspoken. You are much stronger than I am.

[@The_KingDoge]

Yes, his coverage of the video game foreskin was truly influential

[@yaboigabe7254]

This game actually has a really interesting twist on synths

[@drankydrank1]

Seriously, I can't think of another story to use this twist

[@lvw1386]

Come back please. I miss you.

[@evanward4303]

Time to crack open an ice cold Mulvaney and settle in for storytime.

[@eyesturnedeverinward]

You better watch, it'll turn you liberal 😂

[@justcallmeguze7434]

Oh my god, im halfway through and holy crap. The voice acting is just so grating. Thank god for the new animals keeping me going.